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Discussion => Newbie discussion => Topic started by: PotatoMind on January 19, 2013, 03:44 pm

Title: Getting BTC sucks bigtime!
Post by: PotatoMind on January 19, 2013, 03:44 pm
Hey guys.

I tried to buy bitcoins today using VirWoX and I feel screwed over.
I want to buy some stuff that totals to about 1.21BTC. So I bought a 25 Euro uKash voucher (minimize the paper trail), thinking it would buy me 1.55 bitcoins, more than enough to cover the costs of order. (Keeping in mind the servicing fees etc)

Well, I was wrong. Nobody told me I can only buy whole bitcoins. I had to add more money to be able to buy 2 bitcoins. So I had to add money through PayPal which left me a bit uneasy. I'm not so happy about this. I'm seeing the prices of bitcoins going skyhigh over the last month too...

Is there an alternative which accepts uKash and doesn't need rounding off to whole numbers? Now I need to spend 0.79 bitcoins more than I was intending to do and that sucks.

This is costing way more money than I was thinking.
Title: Re: Getting BTC sucks bigtime!
Post by: lucas1313 on January 19, 2013, 04:47 pm
lolasasdas
Title: Re: Getting BTC sucks bigtime!
Post by: lucas1313 on January 19, 2013, 04:56 pm
strong suck
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Post by: mbtcc on January 19, 2013, 06:41 pm
If you're in the UK message me and I can arrange to send you bitcoins whenever you like. I'll give you my current rates and see what you think.
Title: Re: Getting BTC sucks bigtime!
Post by: spearwarrior on January 19, 2013, 06:45 pm
getting coins was a major pain, but worth it in the end
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Post by: Blerbadoo on January 19, 2013, 06:54 pm
Unless virwox is your only option, I would say you shouldn't use it. It worked out to maybe 17$ per BTC after all their fees. I could only get 3 coins until I waited a ridiculous amount of time. They also held the bitcoins for 48 hours before transferring them to my wallet.

That is horrible service.

It is so much easier to find something like cavirtex and walk into a bank and make an anonymous deposit.
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Post by: nuggets3 on January 19, 2013, 06:56 pm
Shit sucks
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Post by: Herbert1 on January 19, 2013, 07:03 pm
It's real easy in the US.  Does bitinstant not work across the pond?
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Post by: mbtcc on January 19, 2013, 07:32 pm
nah, no bitinstant for us here :( sucks. I managed to get a few before the price spiked though ;)
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Post by: uhohoreo369 on January 19, 2013, 07:51 pm
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Post by: awhiteknight on January 19, 2013, 09:18 pm
Use #bitcoin-otc, deal with a real bustling bazaar made of humans rather than banking systems and automatic payment processors.
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Post by: Under1Nation on January 19, 2013, 09:22 pm
i get coins with MoneyPAKS, sugar momma  8)
Title: Re: Getting BTC sucks bigtime!
Post by: mezzanine2323 on January 19, 2013, 09:46 pm
Unless virwox is your only option, I would say you shouldn't use it. It worked out to maybe 17$ per BTC after all their fees. I could only get 3 coins until I waited a ridiculous amount of time. They also held the bitcoins for 48 hours before transferring them to my wallet.

That is horrible service.

The "manual step in the process" only happens when you first open an account, and the reason why they make you wait the 48 hours is to prevent you from filing a chargeback with your credit card company. Once you've used Virwox 3-4 times (I'm not totally sure how long it took to be honest) they stop making you wait to withdraw bitcoins.  So I was able to deposit the max amount of currency via Paypal and turn it into bitcoins instantaneously. That made Virwox my normal provider for small amounts of bitcoins, because although they do charge fees, the fees aren't horrible if you're only buying 2-3 bitcoins. It's also the only service (that I know of, other than eBay where bitcoins magically cost $25) that allows you to purchase BTC with PayPal. For larger amounts I use Coinbase because they charge only a few cents and you're able to lock your buy-in price at the time that you make the purchase, so if the price of bitcoins goes up (which it has quite a bit recently) you've already made money before you even receive your bitcoins.
Title: Re: Getting BTC sucks bigtime!
Post by: roootbreaker on March 13, 2013, 03:28 pm
:(
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Post by: BitcoinBillionaires on March 13, 2013, 03:56 pm
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Title: Re: Getting BTC sucks bigtime!
Post by: CannaKingUK on March 13, 2013, 04:00 pm
localbitcoins.com?
Title: Re: Getting BTC sucks bigtime!
Post by: rustbucket41 on March 13, 2013, 07:58 pm
Maybe I'm just reckless, but I buy my BTC legitimately. I can't see any way someone would be able to link my sent out BTC to SR. For all intents and purposes I've sent my BTC to a personal wallet as an investment device and it looks much less suspicious this way (in my opinion). Of course I'm dealing in chump change and it might be different for moving large amounts of BTC.